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Sunset Sour Orange Margarita

December 1, 2020Cole Whitney
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Hot Sauce PowderSucrose Esters

Raise a glass to this outstanding sour orange margarita tinted with blue curacao to evoke the beautiful aqua of tropical beaches and white sands. We top this cocktail with a dreamy salt and spicy foam that will transport your taste buds to vacation land. No sour oranges? No problem, scroll down for an easy stand-in.

Ingredients

  • Spicy Salted Orange Foam:
  • 240g (1 cup) Water
  • 2.7g (1 tsp) Sucrose Esters
  • 125g (½ cup) Sour Orange Juice
  • If you cannot locate sour oranges you can make a mixture of 2 parts orange juice and 1 part lime juice
  • 5g (1 tsp) Salt
  • 0.25g (⅛ tsp) Hot Sauce Powder
  • Margarita:
  • 2 Lime Leaves
  • 22.5g (¾ oz) Tequila
  • 22.5g (¾ oz) Mezcal
  • 30g (1 oz) Agave Syrup
  • 30g (1 oz) Sour Orange Juice
  • If you cannot locate sour oranges you can make a mixture of 2 parts orange juice and 1 part lime juice
  • 22.5g (¾ oz) Blue Curaçao

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Margarita Glass

Timing

Active Time: 5 Minutes

Total Time: 20 Minutes

Yield

1 Cocktail

  • Create Salt Foam

    In a small pot mix the sucrose esters into the water and gently heat it until just dissolved. This can be done by whisking but the heat speeds up the process.

    Cool the mixture and pour it into a blender with sour orange juice, salt, and hot sauce powder.

    Blend for 10 minutes to create a nice stable foam.

  • Mix Margarita

    Meanwhile place ice in a shaker cup muddle 2 lime leaves. 

    Add the tequila, meacal, agave syrup, sour orange juice, and blue curaçao.

    Shake for 15 seconds and pour into a margarita glass.

    Top the margarita with the salted foam and garnish with a lime leaf serve immediately.

Summary
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Recipe Name
Sunset Sour Orange Margarita
Author Name
Modernist Pantry
Published On
2020-12-01
Preparation Time
0H5M
Total Time
0H20M
Average Rating
3.51star1star1star1stargray Based on 4 Review(s)

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